Cigar-holder.



No. 656,036. Patented Aug. I4, I900.

J. W. NEW.

CIGAR HOLDER.

(Application filed Sept. 18, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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PATENT CIGAR-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,086, dated August '14, 1900. Application filed September 18, 1899 Serial No. 730,828. (No'modeL) To ctZZ whom it may concern/.- 7

Be it known that I, JOHN W. NEW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to cigar-holders, the primary object being to provide a device of this character so constructed as to entirely inclose the cigar, thus avoiding the dropping of ashes upon the clothes ofthe smoker and the liability of fire from sparks from the cigar.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder which may be readily carried in the pocket and so constructed that a lighted cigar instead of being thrown away, as is now commonly done when the smoker enters a car, room, or other place where smoking is not permissible, may be safely carried in the pocket for future use, thus effecting an economy of importance to users of cigars.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings and its novel features defined in the appended claims. 7

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cigar-holder embodying the invention in closed position for use. Fig. 2 is a similar View with the holder opened for the insertion of a cigar, and Fig. 3 is a trans verse section of Fig. 1.

The reference numeral 1 designates the mouthpiece of the holder, which may be of any preferred form, and 2 is a semicircular shell, preferably formed integral with the mouthpiece and constituting one half or section of the body of the holder. The other half of the holder-body consists of a shell or section 3, of semicircular form in cross-section, like the section 2 and secured to the lat ter by a hinge connection 4 of any preferred character. The two sections 2 and 3 are perforated, as shown, and each of them is provided near its center with an elongated slot 5, through which extends a pin 6, secured at its inner end to a slide 7. Each of these slides is semicircular in cross-section to fit loosely and movably within the sections 2 and 3 of the holder and formed with perforations which register with the perforations in the sections 2 and 3when the slides are properly adjusted and are out of'alinement with the perfora- '5 5 tions of the sections 2 and 3 when the slides are moved to close said sections. The outer ends of the pins 6 are formed with heads 8,

by means of which the slides are moved slightly to open or close the holes in the holdersections.

The two parts of the holder-body are secured together detachably by a suitable fastening, that show-11 in the drawings consisting of interlocking catches 9 and 10.

Y The utility of the device will be obvious from the above description,in connection with the drawings, and may be explained as follows: The lighted cigar is placed within the holder and the hinged section 3 is closed, as shown in Fig. 1. If the slides 7 are in such position that their perforations register with those of the sections 2 and 3, the cigar is furnished with the required draft for smoking.

If it is desired to cease smoking, the slides or dampers 7 are moved by the pins 6 to close the openings in the sections 2 and 3, thus shutting off the draft and permitting the holder with the unsmoked part of the cigar to be placed in the pocket.- The slides 7 are of slightly less width and length than the sections 2 and 3 to permit the limited longitudinal movement necessary to open and close the perforations.

It will be apparent that the holder containing a lighted cigar may be laid down temporaril y upon a desk or table without liability of danger from fire and that in windy or wet Weather the smoker is protected from ashes and the cigar kept dry.

Any desired material may be employed in the manufacture of the holder-such as meerschaum, clay, aluminium, or other light material-the object being to secure lightness and a device of presentable and attractive appearance.

I would have it understood that many slight changes and modifications in the details of the holder may be resorted to without departing from the invention, and hence I reserve [00 the right to make all such variations as may fall Within the terms-of the following claims.

I claim 1. Acigar-holdercomprising a mouthpiece,

'and a body portion, the latter consisting of perforated sections hinged together, in combination with means arranged within the perforated sections for closing the perforations, to shut off the draft to the cigar.

2. Acigar-holder comprising a mouthpiece; a perforated holder-section projecting from the mouthpiece, and semicircularin crosssection, a second semicircular perforated holder-section hinged to the other section; and perforated slides fitting one within each of said sections, and provided with means for adjustment to open and close the perforations of the sections.

3. The combination withamouthpiece, and a semicircular perforated shell or section, projecting therefrom, of a second semicircular perforated shell-section hinged to the other section; a fastening for detachably securing the two sections together; and slides or dampers within the sections comprising perforated plates bent to conform to the shape of the sections, and pins for operating the slides, projecting through elongated slots in the sections.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. NEW.

Witnesses:

FENTON H. MIDDLETON, J AMES H. NESBITT. 

